[DDN] An incredible Web 2.0 Experience

[kevin Thompson]

Excellent story!  thanks for posting


Kev


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On 1/4/07 19:46, "Elderbob" <elderbob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Last week, I had a wonderful experience that I think represents one of the
> really useful ways that Skype is being used in the classroom.  Perhaps it
> goes a long way in saying something about Web 2.0 and how it enhances our
> community.
> 
> Brian Crosby and his Nevada class of 4th graders include a student whose
> medical condition precludes her from attending regular classroom
> activities.  So with a little leg-work and hand-shaking, Brian got some
> community members to provide a home link-up for the child who can't attend.
> The story of how it was done and what the class is doing got my attention
> and I wanted to learn more.  I contacted him, and having talked it over with
> his class, they agreed to be interviewed by Lee Babers 8th class in Virginia
> who man the webcasts at YouthBridges (the student version of WorldBridges).
> 
> WIth a bit of thought and collaboration, we finally succeeded in connecting
> all the dots, and met last Thursday via Skype.  There were a number of
> connection and production problems but under it all was a humane interest in
> how one class continued to include a student that otherwise would have been
> disconnected.  This was truly a "No Child Left Behind Story".
> 
> In the end, I was able to edit out most of the technical glitches which
> eventually resulted in a 21 minute interview of one class by the other.  The
> story is greater than that, and I have tried to piece together most of it in
> a blog post.  You can see any one of three versions of the story among the
> blogs below:
> 
> Eldertown - 
> http://eldertown.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/the-spark-that-drives-web-20-technol
> ogy-in-the-classroom/#more-109
> 
> 
> Knowplace Blog ­ http://knowplace.ca/blog
> 
> (These first two blogs are both my contributions and are essentially the
> same.)
> 
> Learning is Messy Blog - http://learningismessy.com/blog/?p=233
> 
> (This is Brian Crosby's Sparks, Nevada Blog)
> 
> YouthBridges - http://youthbridges.net/?q=node/35
> 
> (and this is Lee Baber's Virginia YouthBridges edition)
> 
> These kids would love it if you would post your thoughts to the various
> blogs (and I would too).
> Be sure to watch the videos, one was produced by the 4th grade class and the
> other is news coverage of the same story.
> 
> Thanks to all those who participated in the actual experience, and thank you
> for reading.
> 
> elderbob
> 
> -- Helping folks understand that it's never too late to become all they ever
> wanted to become.
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